Married man keeps minor girl in captivity
Ludhiana, April 8
A minor girl of Jwaddi village, Mandeep Kaur, working as a dancer, was allegedly enticed into a relationship by a married man with three kids, who is now keeping her in captivity and her parents are knocking at various doors to get her rescued.

Mandeep's parents show orders of the SDM which have not been implemented. —
Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Mitra group sweeps IMA poll
Ludhiana, April 8
Arun Mitra was elected president of the Ludhiana Chapter of the Indian Medical Association today by defeating B.S. Sekhon by 60 votes.

Ludhiana, April 8
The acid attack case took a grim turn today when the chairperson, Punjab State Women Commission
(PSWC), directed the city police to verify the role of an alleged accomplice of the accused Balkar Singh in the case.

Chairperson of the Punjab State Women Commission Parminder Kaur talks to the parents of Sandeep Kaur, one of the injured girls in the acid attack case, at a hospital in Ludhiana.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma

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other day at one a well-known restaurant, a family with its baby came and occupied the next table. Copper plates were displayed on the tables along with quarter plates. The man, who seemed to be well educated, asked the waiter to clean the copper plate as he could see a layer of dust. The waiter kept a wet cloth on the plate to wipe hands.

Sacha Sauda: SSF activists burn Sonia’s effigy
Ludhiana, April 8
Activists of the Sikh Students’ Federation (SSF), led by their president Gurcharan Singh Grewal, today burnt an effigy of Congress president and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi for her alleged role in getting the investigating officer in the murder case against Dera Sacha Sauda head Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh changed.Activists of the Sikh Students’ Federation burn an effigy of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Release of Sikh detainees sought
Ludhiana, April 8
The Sikh Students’ Federation (Mehta) has demanded the release of the Sikh youth languishing in various jails for quite sometime.

SAD leaders forget party worker’s sacrifice
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 8
A few saffron siropas presented by SAD leaders during their terms of opposition and a few hundred rupees are the price the party has paid for the sacrifice of husband of Balbir Kaur of Jogi Majra village.
Jagroop Singh, the woman’s husband, was killed after being bayoneted by a
policeman at Kup da Tota, near here, during Rasta Roko Dharam Yudh Morcha,
organised by the outfit 23 years ago.

Ludhiana, April 8
Deputy speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly, Sat Pal Gosain said the pensioners would get full respect in the government departments of the state and their problems would be sorted out on priority.Deputy speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly, Sat Pal Gosain addresses the annual conference of the Northern Railway Pensioners' Welfare Association held in Ludhiana
on Sunday. — Photo by Anil Datt

Ludhiana, April 8
The Shaheed Memorial Sewa Society conducted the marriages of four poor girls here today in
Haibowal. Freedom fighter Dewan Harish Chander was the chief guest on the
occasion.

The Shaheed Memorial Sewa Society performs the marriages of four poor girls in Ludhiana on Sunday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Non-payment of salaries resented
Ludhiana, April 8
Employees of the health department here are resenting the non-payment of salaries for the month of March till now due to administrative problems and the brewing resentment might culminate in a protest if immediate remedial measures were not taken.

A group all set to break into bhangra as a mark of jubilation over the ripening of wheat crop at a village in Ludhiana.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Crumbling building poses threat
Ludhiana, April 8
A crumbling three-storey building in Chowni Mohalla is threatening life and property in its neighbourhood. Despite repeated pleas of its owner to the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation to demolish it,
the building stands precariously.

Cops overburdened with 'security' jobs
Ludhiana April 8
The security cover provided to people, more for satisfying their egos than any security risk, has been putting too much stress on an overworked police force that is already short in numbers across the state.

Improve poultry conditions: PETA
Ludhiana, April 8
With the World Health Organisation warning that the avian influenza (bird flu) has the potential to trigger a pandemic, the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has urged the directorates of animal husbandry and poultry farming in all states to improve the conditions of the chicken in the layer and broiler industries.

Reopening of journalism dept in PAU sought
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 8
Welcoming the government’s decision to accept resignation of Dr K.S. Aulakh as vice-chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, the All-India Media Teachers Association has urged the Chief Minister to impress upon the new incumbent to restore teaching in the journalism department that had been closed during the Congress regime three years ago.

Kids vote for rights of child prize
Ludhiana, April 8
Young BCMites went global as they voted for the aspiring candidates of World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child
(WCPRC).

Cancer causes 3 lakh deaths per year
Ludhiana, April 8
Cancer accounts for more than 3,00,000 deaths every year in India. Cancer by nature spreads to various parts of the body and is fairly common in the liver.

AIDS not contagious, people told
Ludhiana, April 8
A seminar-cum-awareness camp on HIV/AIDS was held at Dr Kotnis Acupuncture Hospital, Salem Tabri, today with the help of Welfare Society, New Azad Nagar, in which baseline information on HIV/AIDS was provided to the local community under the presidentship of Gurmeet Singh, chairperson of the Society.

Trials for sports wings, Speed Fund Academy from today
Ludhiana, April 8
Trials to enroll players for sports wings and Speed Fund Academy being run here by the Punjab Sports Department will be organised at Guru Nanak Sports Complex and on the Punjab Agricultural University campus grounds on April 9, 10 and 11.